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The Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art is an
art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. A ...
that displays
Israeli art Visual arts in Israel refers to Plastic arts, plastic art created first in the Palestine region, region of Palestine, from the later part of the 19th century until 1948 and subsequently in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by List ...
, located on Abba Hillel Street of
Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...
, Israel. The museum was opened on 4 April 1987.


History

The building was built in the 1930s with the initial purpose of serving as an industrial plant. Prior to the opening of the museum, the building was converted into a museum space by architect Danny Schwarz, in order to serve its new purpose. In 2012, the museum had 23,000 visitors. The museum was closed for renovation in 2017 and reopened in 2021. The museum has been showcasing eclectical exhibitions since the day of its opening. The current director is
curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...
Meir Aharonson. Of the museum's most popular and prominent exhibitions, we can find
photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...
Simha Shimran's photography exhibition, curator Yehudit Mezkel's motherhood themed group exhibition, and more. As of 2022, the exhibitions include paintings, photographs, video, installation art and sculpture. The museum found itself in the centre of controversy in 2021 when a painting which was deemed offensive to Haredi community was removed at the request of the mayor of Ramat Gan. Other artists whose works were displayed in the museum demanded that the museum remove their artworks, thus almost emptying the museum.


See also

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Israeli art Visual arts in Israel refers to Plastic arts, plastic art created first in the Palestine region, region of Palestine, from the later part of the 19th century until 1948 and subsequently in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by List ...


References


External links


Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art website
{{Authority control 1987 establishments in Israel Art museums and galleries in Israel